It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able to read the Constitution and do what it says.

I consider the United States Senate the greatest deliberative body in the world, and I respect the important role the Constitution affords it in the confirmation of our judges.

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

You can never solve a problem without talking to people with whom you disagree. The United States Senate is predicated and based on consensus building. That was certainly the vision of the founding fathers.

What I can do as the member of the United States Senate is try to do everything I can to keep America safe.

When I do my hiring in the United States Senate, I look at issues of diversity.

The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in small states as well as large states.

1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including a record six to the United States Senate.

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.

When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job.

Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, since he was born.

In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately on matters of national security he was very often in the minority.

Violence is a problem we all want to solve. I want to make sure that kids learn to deal with anger by learning how to talk with people to solve problems. Here in the United States Senate I want to make sure we have safe schools, safe neighborhoods and good things for kids to do after school!

Washington faces many challenges these days, and today's United States Senate needs more trusted conservatives going there to make decisions and choices that put the people first and not the business-as-usual crowd.

What is the purpose of public service? It's to solve problems for the people you represent and certainly in the United States Senate, thinking about your state and thinking about your country as well.

We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise, who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on it.

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work.

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate!